Effectiveness of Structured Education with Telephone Support (SETS) on knowledge on Anaemia among Antenatal Women

Abstract

Anaemia during pregnancy is a worldwide problem. Iron deficiency and folate deficiency are considered as two important causes for nutritional anaemia. During pregnancy there is an increase in the iron and folate requirements, therefore, the likelihood of presenting iron and folate deficiency is high, if there is no supplementation during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of structured education with telephone support (SETS) on knowledge on anaemia among antenatal women. An Experimental pretest posttest control group design was used for this study in which 100 antenatal women of 20-30 weeks of gestation from antenatal outpatient department of tertiary care hospital were selected using consecutive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire to assess knowledge on anaemia was used. Structured education on first day followed by telephonic support once in 3 days for a period of 3 months for the study group and routine care for the control group was given. The study revealed around 50% of the antenatal women were anaemic and knowledge level improved after structured education with telephone support. Structured Education with Telephone Support had a positive effect on improving knowledge on anaemia among antenatal women. The nurses must conduct periodic analysis of antenatal women’s knowledge on anaemia and adherence to iron folate supplementation and educate them throughout their pregnancy period for their compliance with the medication. of gestation, abortion, high risk during present and past pregnancy, haemoglobin level at present. women during pregnancy. The present study has shown that 36% of the antenatal women had inadequate knowledge regarding anaemia. The nurses must conduct periodic analysis of antenatal women’s knowledge on anaemia and educate them throughout their pregnancy period for their compliance with the medication. The study can be done in community setup with larger sample size and comparison between primigravida mothers and multigravida mothers can be done.